Thai-Japan railway to link Burma & Cambodia

[Aepsilons]

Japan will build an 874-kilometre railway linking Cambodia and Myanmar through Kanchanaburi, a cross-Southeast Asia line tried but never completed, with Prime Minister Prayut to witness a contract signing in Tokyo in two weeks.


Thailand and Japan have agreed in principle on joint development of a 1.435-metre standard-gauge rail network linking a border village in Kanchanaburi with Cambodia.

Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said Tuesday after meeting with Hiroto Izumi, a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, that Tokyo was willing to invest in the route to connect the Dawei project in Myanmar to Cambodia via Ban Phu Nam Ron in Kanchanaburi, Bangkok, Chachoengsao and Sa Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district.

The route offers another link between eastern and western Thailand.

A working committee [working group] of Thais and Japanese will be set up later to work out details such as route, scale and type of investment.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the rail project during his Feb 8-9 visit to Japan.

A railway from Thailand to Myanmar through Kanchanaburi has only been tried once before, but the project was halted in August, 1945.

Phu Nam Ron is best known these days as a border-crossing town for tourists and visa-runners from Thailand, seeking to visit Myanmar for a short time.

"The route will run at a speed higher than the Nong Khai-Bangkok-Map Ta Phut line [which will run at 160-180 km/h], as Japan wants to develop a genuine high-speed train with a speed of more than 200 km/h," MR Pridiyathorn said.

Transport Minister Prajin Juntong recently said after a meeting on the Sino-Thai rail development project that Thai and Chinese officials were on the same page regarding construction of the 873-km Nong Khai-Map Ta Phut-Bangkok-Kaeng Khoi route.

Thailand and China agreed the rail route would be 1.435-metre standard gauge divided into four sections: Bangkok-Kaeng Khoi (133 km), Kaeng Khoi-Map Ta Phut (247 km), Kaeng Khoi-Nakhon Ratchasima (139 km) and Nakhon Ratchasima-Nong Khai (355 km).

The Bangkok-Kaeng Khoi and Kaeng Khoi-Map Ta Phut sections will be built under one contract. Construction of those sections is set to begin in September.

The Kaeng Khoi-Nakhon Ratchasima and Nakhon Ratchasima-Nong Khai sections will be constructed under another contract, to begin late this year or early next.

MR Pridiyathorn said Japan was being urged to invest in the Dawei project, a long-awaited joint development between Thailand and Myanmar.

"Japan was invited to become the third partner in Dawei because Dawei is a very large-scale project," he said.

"Dawei's development will see quick progress if Japan agrees to join the development."

Japan is also invited to act as an observer at a joint meeting of Thai officials and their Myanmar counterparts this week.

The two countries are scheduled to sign an agreement on the first phase of Dawei development.

MR Pridiyathorn said the official meeting of the Dawei policy panel would take place tomorrow or Friday and endorse the development projects of Italian-Thai Development Co (ITD) and Rojana Industrial Park Plc.

ITD and Rojana have proposed developing 27 sq km of industrial estates and constructing a two-lane road from the Thai border to Dawei as well as building a port and a power plant.

Dawei, a Myanmar city 350 kilometres west of Bangkok, will feature a number of megaproject investments and a special economic zone (SEZ).

Last October, the Thai and Myanmar governments agreed to revitalise the project by letting Thai firms play a bigger role in the much-delayed SEZ after Gen Prayut paid an official visit to the country.

Arkhom Termpitayapaisith, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), previously said the initial phase would take two or three years to complete.

Thailand and Myanmar see completion of projects in the initial phase as a confidence builder for foreign investors.

A motorway connecting Dawei with Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri province is also under consideration.

Thai-Japan railway to link Burma & Cambodia | Bangkok Post: learning



@somsak , @Sonyuke_Songpaisan

 

[Aepsilons]

@Aung Zaya , @dragunov87 , @BDforever

 

[hans]

Japan will pay for the railway??
I hear the problem with this railway is who to pay the fund..

 

[BoQ77]

Quy Nhon has very beautiful beaches and scenes. Just for your information.

Tuna exported to Japan from Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Vietnam

 

[Aepsilons]

Japan will pay for the railway??
I hear the problem with this railway is who to pay the fund..

We will give soft loans to the Thais.

 

[BDforever]

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Japan will build an 874-kilometre railway linking Cambodia and Myanmar through Kanchanaburi, a cross-Southeast Asia line tried but never completed, with Prime Minister Prayut to witness a contract signing in Tokyo in two weeks.


Thailand and Japan have agreed in principle on joint development of a 1.435-metre standard-gauge rail network linking a border village in Kanchanaburi with Cambodia.

Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said Tuesday after meeting with Hiroto Izumi, a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, that Tokyo was willing to invest in the route to connect the Dawei project in Myanmar to Cambodia via Ban Phu Nam Ron in Kanchanaburi, Bangkok, Chachoengsao and Sa Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district.

The route offers another link between eastern and western Thailand.

A working committee [working group] of Thais and Japanese will be set up later to work out details such as route, scale and type of investment.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the rail project during his Feb 8-9 visit to Japan.

A railway from Thailand to Myanmar through Kanchanaburi has only been tried once before, but the project was halted in August, 1945.

Phu Nam Ron is best known these days as a border-crossing town for tourists and visa-runners from Thailand, seeking to visit Myanmar for a short time.

"The route will run at a speed higher than the Nong Khai-Bangkok-Map Ta Phut line [which will run at 160-180 km/h], as Japan wants to develop a genuine high-speed train with a speed of more than 200 km/h," MR Pridiyathorn said.

Transport Minister Prajin Juntong recently said after a meeting on the Sino-Thai rail development project that Thai and Chinese officials were on the same page regarding construction of the 873-km Nong Khai-Map Ta Phut-Bangkok-Kaeng Khoi route.

Thailand and China agreed the rail route would be 1.435-metre standard gauge divided into four sections: Bangkok-Kaeng Khoi (133 km), Kaeng Khoi-Map Ta Phut (247 km), Kaeng Khoi-Nakhon Ratchasima (139 km) and Nakhon Ratchasima-Nong Khai (355 km).

The Bangkok-Kaeng Khoi and Kaeng Khoi-Map Ta Phut sections will be built under one contract. Construction of those sections is set to begin in September.

The Kaeng Khoi-Nakhon Ratchasima and Nakhon Ratchasima-Nong Khai sections will be constructed under another contract, to begin late this year or early next.

MR Pridiyathorn said Japan was being urged to invest in the Dawei project, a long-awaited joint development between Thailand and Myanmar.

"Japan was invited to become the third partner in Dawei because Dawei is a very large-scale project," he said.

"Dawei's development will see quick progress if Japan agrees to join the development."

Japan is also invited to act as an observer at a joint meeting of Thai officials and their Myanmar counterparts this week.

The two countries are scheduled to sign an agreement on the first phase of Dawei development.

MR Pridiyathorn said the official meeting of the Dawei policy panel would take place tomorrow or Friday and endorse the development projects of Italian-Thai Development Co (ITD) and Rojana Industrial Park Plc.

ITD and Rojana have proposed developing 27 sq km of industrial estates and constructing a two-lane road from the Thai border to Dawei as well as building a port and a power plant.

Dawei, a Myanmar city 350 kilometres west of Bangkok, will feature a number of megaproject investments and a special economic zone (SEZ).

Last October, the Thai and Myanmar governments agreed to revitalise the project by letting Thai firms play a bigger role in the much-delayed SEZ after Gen Prayut paid an official visit to the country.

Arkhom Termpitayapaisith, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), previously said the initial phase would take two or three years to complete.

Thailand and Myanmar see completion of projects in the initial phase as a confidence builder for foreign investors.

A motorway connecting Dawei with Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri province is also under consideration.

Thai-Japan railway to link Burma & Cambodia | Bangkok Post: learning



@somsak , @Sonyuke_Songpaisan

This is good for us too, if we can extend later with BD, it will be great asian hub

 

[Aepsilons]

Quy Nhon has very beautiful beaches and scenes. Just for your information.

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The plan is to build the vital link -- connecting Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam from West to East through this rail line.

This is good for us too, if we can extend later with BD, it will be great asian hub

Yes, of course. It is inevitable.

 

[somsak]

Guys, We should speculate the land price for our children along the line! Im happy this to be happen. When Im old I gotta take the train to fight an imaginationary future war, or historical war with BoQ77 and Alongphaya or Aung zaya.

 

[TopCat]

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The plan is to build the vital link -- connecting Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam from West to East through this rail line.



Yes, of course. It is inevitable.

BD is more interested in connecting to China. We dont have much trade with ASEAN except Malaysia and Singapore.

 

[Aepsilons]

Guys, We should speculate the land price for our children along the line! Im happy this to be happen. When Im old I gotta take the train to fight an imaginationary future war, or historical war with BoQ77 and Alongphaya or Aung zaya.

Side note: I hope that Japan can also help Thailand build a rail line to connect the northern cities of Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai to Bangkok. The northern part of Thailand is an untapped land, rich in resources and man power.

@somsak

Can you translate this song for me? Thanks.

Tuna exported to Japan from Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Vietnam

Hahaha, you know the fastest way to Japanese heart....!

 

[BoQ77]

Guys, We should speculate the land price for our children along the line! Im happy this to be happen. When Im old I gotta take the train to fight an imaginationary future war, or historical war with BoQ77 and Alongphaya or Aung zaya.

@somsak: it costs only 40$ for adult and 23$ for kid
for less than 2 hours flight Hanoi - Bangkok. And 30$ for both to return. Why you must wait until getting old?

Welcome my friend.

 

[WAR-rior]

BD is more interested in connecting to China. We dont have much trade with ASEAN except Malaysia and Singapore.

Hope u fugot its Awamis in power not Jamatis.

Coz Jamatis always think from strategic point of view and Awamis think from welfare point of view. Ur growth depends on how many external trade centres you come up with and not how loyal u have been to a particular power.

Its an advantage to B'desh to do as much trade with its neighbours rather than dream of being a bitch of some cross regional power.

 

[Aung Zaya]

Thailand and Japan Agree to Sign Deal on Dawei Mega Project
It is expected that Thailand’s Prime Minister’s, Prayut Chan-o-cha’s will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the $60 billion Dawei mega project during his visit to Japan next week.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging economic partnership with Japan that will be signed during the prime minister's official visit next week.

It was reported in the Bangkok Post that a spokesman for Thailand’s government, Sansern Kaewkamnerd said: “Japan had agreed at the recent meeting between Thailand, Japan and Myanmar to take part in the Dawei project and possibly offer soft loans for construction of a 138-kilometre road linking Dawei and the Thai border. Japan has also agreed to hold an equal partnership in Dawei SEZ Development Co (DSEZ), a special-purpose vehicle (SPV), to run the project.”

The recently named DSEZ has taken over from the Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), who held the initial concession given by the Burma government in 2010. The Bangkok Post pointed out that in “June 2013, Thailand and Myanmar agreed to set up DSEZ with an equal shareholding and initial investment of 12 million baht, far below the 100 million baht proposed earlier. The company is registered in Thailand.”

The Bangkok Post reported that Japan and Thailand have agreed to set up “SPVs to manage the port, road and rail links, power plants, waterworks, industrial estates, telecommunications and a township. SPVs will be registered in Myanmar.”

Mr Sansern as quoted in the Bangkok Post said the “MoU would also include a 1.435-metre standard-gauge railway development on three possible routes: Bangkok-Chiang Mai, Bangkok-Kanchanaburi-Sa Kaeo, and Mae Sot-Mukdahan.”

Padoh Saw Eh Na, joint secretary of the Karen National Union, Megui/Tavoy district spoke to Karen News about the proposed project.

“The area [of the mega projects] is not under our control, it’s close to the coastline that is under government control. We [KNU] have not seen any new activity going on in our areas. But for anything linked to the projects that fall in our control area, they will have to let us know about the plans.”

 

[Aepsilons]

@somsak: it costs only 40$ for adult and 23$ for kid
for less than 2 hours flight Hanoi - Bangkok. And 30$ for both to return. Why you must wait until getting old?

Thailand and Japan Agree to Sign Deal on Dawei Mega Project
It is expected that Thailand’s Prime Minister’s, Prayut Chan-o-cha’s will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the $60 billion Dawei mega project during his visit to Japan next week.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging economic partnership with Japan that will be signed during the prime minister's official visit next week.

It was reported in the Bangkok Post that a spokesman for Thailand’s government, Sansern Kaewkamnerd said: “Japan had agreed at the recent meeting between Thailand, Japan and Myanmar to take part in the Dawei project and possibly offer soft loans for construction of a 138-kilometre road linking Dawei and the Thai border. Japan has also agreed to hold an equal partnership in Dawei SEZ Development Co (DSEZ), a special-purpose vehicle (SPV), to run the project.”

The recently named DSEZ has taken over from the Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), who held the initial concession given by the Burma government in 2010. The Bangkok Post pointed out that in “June 2013, Thailand and Myanmar agreed to set up DSEZ with an equal shareholding and initial investment of 12 million baht, far below the 100 million baht proposed earlier. The company is registered in Thailand.”

The Bangkok Post reported that Japan and Thailand have agreed to set up “SPVs to manage the port, road and rail links, power plants, waterworks, industrial estates, telecommunications and a township. SPVs will be registered in Myanmar.”

Mr Sansern as quoted in the Bangkok Post said the “MoU would also include a 1.435-metre standard-gauge railway development on three possible routes: Bangkok-Chiang Mai, Bangkok-Kanchanaburi-Sa Kaeo, and Mae Sot-Mukdahan.”

Padoh Saw Eh Na, joint secretary of the Karen National Union, Megui/Tavoy district spoke to Karen News about the proposed project.

“The area [of the mega projects] is not under our control, it’s close to the coastline that is under government control. We [KNU] have not seen any new activity going on in our areas. But for anything linked to the projects that fall in our control area, they will have to let us know about the plans.”

What an excellent development to behold ! Positive news like these always should be celebrated , here is to greater ASEAN-Japan integration !

 

[Aung Zaya]

Finally...!!! we got 3 SEZ deal.. ; Thilawa , Kyout Phyu , and now Dawei SEZ.. among them, Dawei SEZ has the huge potential to become a one of main ports in SEA region... if Japan hold this besides Thilawa , it can kick off faster and can benefit for 3 nations.... for Myanmar-Thailand-Japan Friendship..